Roofing for buildings.



H. W. DEMING.

ROOFING POR BUILDINGS.

APPLIUATION FILED 11113.51, 1912.

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Specification of Lettera Patent.

Patented Jan. 28,1913,

Application filed February 5, 1912. Serial No. 875,494.

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Be it known that l, 'HOLMES W, DEMING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Appleton in the county of Outagamie an State of Wisconsin,taveinvented a new an useful Roofing for uildings, of which thefollowing is a speci cation. y

Mytinvention re ates to covering plates and the manner of applying thecovering for the above named purpose and securing the platesin position,and it consists of a series of four 'edged plates of suitable ma-yterial and fastening means,- 'suitel for the particular coverin to befastened, 'sA will be fully'7 explaine' in the` specification and shownin the accompanying rawings, in which,- l

Figure 1 is a lari showing one end of the roof 'of a bui ding', brokenbetween the ridge and eaves. Fig. 2 is a'vertical section of said roofupon the line a., a, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of afastening molding for the roof ends, as shown at the left in'Fig. 1. Fi4 is a vertical sec'- tion of a fastenin s rip vfor roofing and outsidewall sheat ing plates, formed 'of sheet metal. Fig. 5 is a verticalsection of a fastening strip for the same purpose as that in Fig. 4, butmade of different material.

Similar numerals and letters indicate like parts in the several views.

The design of my invention is to form the covering for buildings, thatis, the roof, of plates of various kin s of material, such as wood,cement, tile, glass, metal, felt compositions, paper pulp, slate ormineral, those of each kind of material to be of a standard thickness,and which may be of four sided figures, no particular form beingrequired, excepting that the edges of the plates are straight and willfit closely alongside of adjoining plates and are of substantiallyuniform thickness alone, said edges: The plates are to be applied to aplain and reasonably Smooth surface, which may be length, it isadvisable to secure them at points intermedia e the corners 0f their loner edges, and t e plates are spaced from eac other a short distance forthat purpose. These fasteners may be formed of 'any of the beforementioned materials of which the plates can be made. i They arepreferably or roofing and outside useof a half circular form in crosssection, as is shown in Figs. 4' and 5H. They arep'rovided with a tonguewhich separates two adjoining plaies', and have overhanging sides of aplain smooth surface which lap over` ad joining plates, and are ofconsiderable thickness at their ends. of the fastenings lain and smooth,the plates which they lap over are permitted to shrin or swell withoutimpairing the security o. the fasteni g. Ifunade of a not -easilypenetrated material, holes should provided for the insertion of a screwor nail unless said element is made integral pr 'em'- bedded in it inthe making of the strip.

The manner in which the covering plates.

are applied, will new be desefibed, as relates t a rbof, Figs. 1y and 2.

1, indicates the usual roof board of a building; 2, a covering ofsuitable roofing material, such as those of the usual wool felt type ofcommerce, asbestos, rubber, &c., and made water-proof; 3, roofingplates, which 'may be of any of the before mentioned materials withstraight edges adapted to be laid in courses alongside of other plates.Before applying the plates, a cementitious paint 4, is to be appliedupon the roofing 2, in such abundance and in a semiliquid state, thatthe plates will, when laid, be embedded in it, and after a plate hasbeen placed in position, said paint is to be spread along its edges insuch abundance that when the next plate is laid, said paint will fillthe joints between, and when dry, form a smooth, flush and water-tightvjoint along the horizontal joint 5, and also, along the vertical joint6, into which the fastening strip 7 is to be secured, the joints 6"L and5, showing the paint 4 spread therein. The fastening strips are providedwith a tongue 8, for entering and filling the space 9, and withperforations 10, for receiving a nail or screw, 11 or 11, one of whichis to be inserted through each perforation and into the roof board1,near each corner of a plate, and also, at one or more'interrnediatepoints along the length of the strip. The fastening strips it will beobserved, are placed upon the roof over the vertically arranged jointsbetween the plates in broken lines.; This is for a two fold purpose, oneof which is, to permit them to extend, to a short distance over theplates above and below the joint they cover, and assist in holding theplate it laps over in position, and the other is, to prevent largebodies of snow or ice from sliding'od and falling upon persons below asit often oes in cold Yweather in snowy sections of the country, the ends12 of the strips forming stops against which the snow or ice will beheld untilit is turned into water. The molding strip 13, can be formedin sections of any desired length.

rlhe roofing plates 3, and fastening strips and also the molding 13,being formed of a non-iniammable material, as slate., cement,`

sand, dic., and put on in the manner described, a dre-proof roof ofllasting qualities will be formed.

Having described my invention, what ll claim and desire to secure byLet-ters Pat-` ent, is,-

A surface covering for buildings, adapted to be secured upon a suitablesurface, composed of a series of plates of suitable material laid inhorizontally arranged courses, each plate having' tour straight edges oteven thickness, the opposite edges belng of equal length, the twoshorter edges being armemos ranged to dt closely the plates in anadjoining horizontall row of plates and the longer edges to ,leave anarrow vertically arranged space between said plate and an adjoiningplate at a point intermediate-a like space 'in allowed' to melt, andthereby preventing large bodies thereof from sliding Jfrom the roof uponpersons below the building eaves. a tongue-depending from the undersideof said strip intermediate length and width corresponding with theaforesaid vertically arranged space, said strip having a plain smoothsurface each side of and at each end of said tongue overlappingadjoining side plates and the plate in the adjoining horizontal row orrows of plates, nails or' screws being adapted for `use as a fasteningmeans for securing said stripsto the surface to be covered.

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